Zambia Red Cross projects an increase in number of refugees from DRC

Bruce Mulenga – Zambia Red Cross Society Communications Manager

The Zambia Red Cross Society has projected an increase in the number of refugees seeking asylum from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Zambia currently hosts some 59, 195 refugees and others of concern, mostly from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and Uganda.

Zambia Red Cross Society Communications Manager Bruce Mulenga says currently the society has received about 1,120 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mr. Mulenga has attributed the influx of refugees in the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the instability in that country.

He has since disclosed that currently the 1,120 refugees have been camped at mbonde, in chienge district of Luapula province waiting for humanitarian assistance from the Zambian government and other stakeholders.